A look at the Kamakura period in Japan and the changes that its art works underwent at that time.
Read More: Japan: Discovery of the Pure Land
 A short film looking at the Great Stupa and it’s magnificent artworks, originally built at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh. Read More: The Amaravati Mahacetiya  A modern retelling of the Buddha story with illustrations from the Asian Art Museum. Read More: How a Prince Became the Buddha  A documentary about the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang which represent the peak of Chinese classical Buddhist art. Read More: Luoyang: Longmen Grottoes  Two programmes from this series which look at the Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom, its history and culture (English narration, some Mandarin interviews, with subtitles).  A documentary about the rock carvings at Dazu in Sichuan, which are some of the later cave temples in China, showing a harmony of the three main religions. Read More: Dazu Rock Carvings (World Heritage China)  A look at another of the great cave complexes, representing the finest of classical Chinese statuary, and the part Empress Wu Zetian had in their construction (English with Mandarin subtitles). Read More: Longmen Grottoes (World Heritage China)  A documentary on the Yungang Grottoes, which contain some of the earliest representatives of Buddhist art in China (English with Mandarin subtitles). Read More: Yungang Grottoes (World Heritage China)  A look at the magnificent art works in the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang, the first of the great grottoes built in China (English narration with Mandarin subtitles). Read More: Mogao Caves (World Heritage China)  An interesting look at the great Buddhist Gandhāran civilisation that flourished in the early years of the Common Era. Read More: Gandhara, the Renaissance of Buddhism |
|
|
some of my other websites:
my original content on these pages is released under a |
|
